Joseph Gerald Cerojano

Productive employee with proven track record of successful project management and producing quality outcomes through leadership and team motivation. Works with clients to determine requirements and provide excellent service.

SUPERVISOR / GRAPHIC ARTIST / DIGITAL PRINTER
Panasia Book Exchange Inc., Quezon City, Philippines / December 2010 - Present
 Review and plan job scheduling with other supervisors and with sales personnel to assure production goes according to customer need, including attendance of daily production meeting each morning.
 Manage work pertaining to electronic and traditional prepress functions. Schedule the work flow through the department to assure efficiency and cost control. Make work assignments, give instructions pertaining to job and answer questions personnel have about their work.
 Work closely with other managers in planning efficient prepress production.
 See that employees are properly trained. Proactively seek new and better ways for employees to do their jobs, making the best use of human resources and technology.
 Keep abreast of new methods, processes and procedures in order to keep up-to-date, and work closely with Systems Administrator in planning and implementation of new hardware/software, and general maintenance of computer system.
 Frequently deal directly with customers in a consultant role to recommend how they should prepare their files for most efficient production; or choose the appropriate employee to do so.
 Respond to suggestions from salespeople and others for customer service or product improvements.
 Responsible for the control of loss and spoilage in the dept. Emphasize the need for quality in
 the work performed and spot check the work done by the department personnel.
 Provide regular feedback to employees. Perform annual performance reviews with all employees assigned, and document accurately.
 Work closely with Human Resource Manager on personnel issues, including but not limited to: hiring, disciplinary, promotion and termination issues.
 Order supplies for department as needed.
 Schedule vacations in dept.
 Enforce all company rules and policies consistently; especially in regards to safety.
 Perform duties in accordance with all federal, state, local and company rules.
 Laying out artwork, text and images according to a design plan using desktop publishing software, such as Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, to help lay out pages
 Digitally scanning images and adding them to the page or document.
 Retouching colour and ensuring overall accuracy of the document.
 Creating sample proofs and sending them to customers.
 Preparing and checking film or digital outputs.
 Getting the item ready for the printing process.
 Imposing PDF file and transfer it to plate using Computer-to-Plate Machine (KODAK Prinergy).

Graphic Artist / Printer Operator
TrueColor’s Digital Photo Express, Manila, Philippines / Feb 2009 – June 2010
 Designing book souvenirs for wedding, debut, birthday, christening & yearbook.
 Prepare art designs for business cards, company letterhead and specialty cards.

Compositor / Scene Planner / Digital Painter
Philippine Animation Studio Inc, Makati, Philippines / Nov 2005 – March 2006
 Trained to paint scanned drawings using the software Animo 6.0
 Assisted in other procedures in the production of an animation episode.
 Compositor: Each and every folders that was being scene planned (black and white), painted, x-sheeted and scanned was the responsibility of a compositor to check if it is all done so that we could be able to generate an output perfectly.
 Scene Planner: We are responsible in checking all the information inside the folders time to time, given by the P.A’s and re-check it’s content matched into digital software (USAnimation) and manually checked if it is perfectly scanned, painted, and x-sheeted before we input the corresponding set-up and then read and understand the flow of each story board and check also for hook ups before manipulating on the software.
 Digital Painter: Responsible for checking it’s model for painting digitally for accurate results to avoid repetition of painting and should have patience for mastering shortcuts in keyboards for faster gathering of outputs.

2008
Bachelor in Technology
Graphic Arts and Printing
Technological University of the Philippines